Anzacbiscuits have a cloudy beginning, with no account actually being able to categorically state their true beginning, but it is thought that these biscuits were made by wives and girlfriends and sent out to the soldiers using war-time ingredients and ones that would travel well and still be enjoyable by the time they reached the forces
With Anzac day on our doorstep and because this year is the first time that its a long weekend, we decided to celebrate with a gluten free recipe for the famous Anzacbiscuits
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
It is said that this next recipe ANZACbiscuits were baked by the wife's of the soldiers because of there longevity, they would take months to get to the soldiers and had to last the journey to the troops
It seems only fitting that my baking for ANZAC Day is Anzacbiscuits. Anzacbiscuits were often baked and put into the care packages sent to our soldiers overseas as they lasted a long time and didn't spoil easily
So on Anzac Day we remember them and their sacrifice at dawn services and through Anzacbiscuits. As a Gen Y'er brought up in peaceful little New Zealand, I grew up going to dawn parades and eating Anzac cookies and more importantly I was lucky enough to grow up never having to live through any war of any kind
The day is marked on both sides of the Tasman with dawn parades and wreath-laying ceremonies, the wearing of poppies symbolising Flander's field and the baking and eating of Anzacbiscuits, which were cookies sent over as provisions to the troops during the war
A New Zealander may not immediately link Belgium Biscuits with Valentines Day, but I was searching for an original idea (I was determined not to go down the decorated cup cake route) when I remembered that Belgium Biscuits had been on my list to make for a while now
These biscuits came about because of two things. The first is I visited a beautiful little village called Ardales where I ate the most delicious biscuits ever
This is one of the easiest biscuits I have made. Jennifer asked me to make some before I went to babysit Jacob as she said Jacob loves cherries, so being the Nana I am, I happily obliged
8 biscuits 120 gm candied winter melon, finely chopped. Happy New Year, everyone. My first post for 2015 is 'Wife Biscuit' aka 'Lo Por Paeng', a soft and flaky pastry with winter melon filling which is a very popular delicacy in Hong Kong
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